As we said in this article, keeping your IT systems in great shape helps keep your business in great shape.
That’s why if you haven’t already begun to upgrade your Office 2010 environment, we recommend you start now. Even though Office 2010 is still supported until October, Windows 7 will no longer receive security updates after January 2020. We told you this here on 17th January.
Microsoft products always have a support lifecycle during which Microsoft provide bug fixes and security fixes. This support lifecycle usually represents a certain number of years from the date of the product’s initial release. For Office 2010, the support lifecycle is 10 years.
Office 2010 reaches its “end of support” on October 13, 2020, after this date Microsoft will no longer provide technical support for issues, bug fixes for issues, security fixes for vulnerabilities. Most likely Outlook 2010 will stop working with Office 365 email.
Because of this, FX7 Solutions strongly recommend that you upgrade as soon as possible.
So, now is the time to prepare an upgrade plan to either of these latest versions of Office;
- Microsoft 365 Apps, the subscription version of Office that comes with most Office 365 enterprise plans.
- Office 2019, which is sold as a one-time purchase and available for one computer per license.
We would recommend the first of these options. Mainly because, unlike Microsoft 365 Apps (which is updated on a regular basis), Office 2019 only has the same features that it had when it was released in October 2018.
Key things to note about Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft 365 Apps provides subscription plans that include access to Office applications and other cloud services, including Skype for Business, Exchange Online, and OneDrive for Business.
Microsoft 365 Apps includes the full versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, Access, and Skype for Business installed. You can install them on up to 5 PCs or Macs and on mobile devices.
